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On Friday 31 October 2008, Trent Gamblin wrote:
> On Fri, October 31, 2008 10:44 am, Miquel 'Fire' Burns said:
> > Sadly no. I do remember seeing such code however. Maybe it's in the
> > archives here?
>
> Ok, I've found it as part of WM_SYSCOMMAND. I've tested it and it
> works.
>
> One issue though. If the screensaver is already deactivated by the
> user, should al_set_screensaver_active(true) turn it on or should it
> just undo any calls the user made to turn it off in the Allegro
> program? The problem with turning it on if it's disabled is the
> program could crash and leave the screensaver enabled.
I think allegro should do what it can to return it to the state it found it.
Or if it changes behind allegro's back, allegro should not touch it (imo).
> Trent :{)>
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